Rain started MV shooting on September 18th afternoon, this time invited Ha Ji-won to be the MV actress. The Korean news reported, on that afternoon they were shooting near Apgujeong. They were at a Cafe and acted as a couple. On the evening, the shooting moved to South of Yangzi River area.

Ha Ji-won's agency company accepted telephone interview and admitted it have such matter, indicated 「Ha Ji-won will be the MV actress for Rain's MV from September 18th to the 20th, but the content cannot be disclosed. According to Rain's side, they think she and Rain matched, they looked like lovers, therefore proposed to have her take the role.

Ha Ji Won has become Rainâs
Rain and Ha Ji Won: the new lovers! ... in Rain's music video, anyway.

On September 18 in Seoul Kangnamâs clubs and streets at the W Hotel,Rain and Ha Ji Won began shooting for Rainâs Asia special album musicvideo.

The area was congested (filled with people) because ofRain, and Ha Ji Won had to get through the back door. The two peopleshot the music video that began to grab the attention of citizens.

Ha Ji Wonâs agent said, âHa Ji Won and Rain both shot the music videotogether,â and âThe details cannot be release to the public.â Also,âRain offered this to Ha Ji Won. She took this and accepted.â

Rain will have his comeback performance in October for his Asia specialalbum. MBC is working with world star Rain for his comeback specialprogram.

22 Sep 2008 - PLEASE DO NOT PRE-ORDER OR PURCHASE FROM THIS SITE YET.
WE DO NOT KNOW PURCHASING FROM THIS SITE WILL HELP RAIN'S ALBUM SALES STATISTICS.

I AM IN MIDDLE OF CONFIRMATION PROCESS WITH JTUNE.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF PURCHASING FROM THIS SITE WILL NOT HELP RAIN'S ALBUM SALE PHYSICALLY, WE WILL DO OUR OWN PRE-ORDER DIRECTLY WITH KOREAN MARKET.

ALSO... PROBABLY ALBUM JACKET FOR KOREAN AND ASIAN MARKET ONE WOULD BE DIFFERENT SO... IF YOU WANT BOTH ALBUM PLEASE LET US KNOW ALSO.

DETAIL INFORMATION WILL FOLLOW.

PLEASE WAIT TO PRE-ORDER OR PURCHASE FROM THIS SITE!

THANKS,

JAY-RAIN-USA

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Edit: 24.09.08

I got confirmed by Jtune.
From this album, YesAsia acquired distribution rights and will count in album sales statistics.What I don't know is, it will effect directly or month-end tally.
I will let you know as soon as I hear more.

Song from Rain's new special album will be published in 4 different languages.

Rain's bringing of the mid-October release of the special Asian album is the result of a 2-year lapse since his last release of "Rain's World" in the end of 2006.

The four national languages have made the title of the main song. Using Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese for the title of the main song is for the purpose of including these various countries in the sales of this special album.

A non-related personnel suggested, "The decision to include four national languages for the title hit song in the October release of the special album comes with the hope that it will be equally popular in all these various countries."

Rain's song this time around is produced based off his characteristics of a unique and charming leading dancer and wanting to give a more splendid performance, and he will once again jointly cooperate with MBC through their special collection of broadcasts.

Meanwhile Rain has been invited to participate in the opening event of Busan International Film Festival on October 3. His special invitation to participate in this event is a form of acknowledgment for his contribution towards Hollywood through his lead roles in <Speed Racer> and <Ninja Assassin>.

dsl99a's note:
What I understand from this is that one of the songs will be published in 4 different languages; this does not mean that the entire album will be released in 4 languages--big difference there.

dsl99a's note: This article was quite well written (based off the Chinese translation) but it is rather long and I don't have the time to translate it completely (sorry!), so I'm summarizing the first few paragraphs...

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24 Sep 2008 - RAIN COMEBACK, The Return of His Performance

SUMMARY: The article states the anticipation surrounding Rain's comeback after a long and difficult time working away from home. He is not merely a singer in the Korean music industry; rather he is currently one of the most highly publicized artist, hence the reason why everyone has been looking forward to his return. The article also talks about the 'power' of Rain's performance; his ability to catch our attention through his powerful and intense performances. Apart from Rain, it is hard to find someone else who possesses such charisma on stage.

Translation of the rest of the article:

Regarding Rain's come back, his representative company explained that he has a 'thirst' to perform and to meet with his Korean fans. According to their explanation, he currently is not necessarily refusing any form of domestic activities, but in order to give out a better demonstration he is practicing even more, and his train of thought for publicity is very strenuous (?).

If to say that it is for the purpose of earning money and he heads towards Hollywood to film more Hollywood movies, then it is better than releasing records in a terrible local music market. On the other hand, there also might not be extra time. Considering the condition of Rain who has barely rested in between these several years and just working continuously, his 'money' (i.e. energy) is quickly being used up, so while he is doing his domestic activities he might as well rest up too.

Because of such, there is a desirable feeling to say that the return of Rain is due to his thirst for the Korean fans and being on stage. He has successfully become a WORLD STAR through his acting activities; but in reality as far as being on stage and performing is concerned, he has not stopped, hence proving he is truly a 'thirsty' singer. No matter how exhausted or tired he is again and again, Rain is already famous just with his appearance of happily standing on stage; completely forgetting how exhausted he is.

The world of ballads has now entered into its 2nd era of big idols, the mainstream of the performing stage is coming together. This condition is gradually deepening, and the anticipation for Rain's latest results and his moving performances are getting bigger.

27 Sep 2008 - Singer Rain "Will show human Jung Ji-hoon for the first time after debut"

Singer Rain "Will show human Jung Ji-hoon for the first time after debut"

Rain, who is going to make a comeback, will show his human side through 'MBC Special - Rain's Coming' to be broadcasted on the 10th. Rain's agency said that "Rain's personal side which wasn't shown in the past, will be revealed" and added "It will be a real documentary on a celebrity."

On the trailer revealed this day, were scenes from his recording studio for his 5th album, and interviews from the shooting scene of his movie 'Ninja Assassin', which will open in October. Rain explained that his album to be released in October will give "an upgraded feeling."

About the movie 'Ninja Assassin', he showed confidence by saying he "finally played the main role".This comeback special, clips took in 6 different countries for 5 months, is known to have recorded Asian star singer Rain and Hollywood actor Rain's growing up. It is already hot as undisclosed scenes of 'Ninja Assassin' is to be revealed for the first time.

Meanwhile, Rain will reveal his new music through his 5th album for the first time after he declared independence. Rain explained that he put his unique style into the album to "get close to domestic as well as Asian fans through something everyone will like."
Other than the 'MBC Special' produced by MBC's current event/cultre department, a 1-hour comeback special for Rain is being planned within the entertainment department.

World Star Rain puts a bet on his own victory or failure by composing his own music. (Deb's note: the Chinese translation was rather confusing here, so the meaning might be completely off...sorry)

In mid-October Rain will publish a special Asian edition--his 5th one. It signals a return of 2 years since his last album in 2006 <Rain's World>.

A staff from Rain's representative company expressed, "The lyrics from the lead song in this new album was personally written by Rain, he certainly also participated in the composing of the dance music." "He has been personally responsible for the dance choreography; making all preparations for this lead song."

Rain, who has been a singer for 7 years, is participating in the composing of music in this special album for the very first time. In addition to this he also personally participated in its creation; this result of which is attracting much attention. There are around 12 songs in this special edition, including songs that have lyrics personally written by Rain. It is estimated that there are more than 3 songs composed by Rain himself which will be turned into hit records.

Meanwhile, in regards to the style of the dance choreography for the lead song, a staff said, "This song will lead Rain up to a whole new level in terms of his charm and performance on stage." "If his dance is currently only emphasized as POWERFUL, then his new dance this time around will have some suitable adjustments while still retaining his usual style on stage."

In order to get related advice from famous dance choreography AJ for the dance of his special edition, Rain went to LA last month during the mid-autumn festival, thus showing us his zeal for work.

Rain's 5th and special edition album will certainly be on sale in Hong Kong as well as other English speaking Asian countries as well, and the lead song will also be sung in the languages of those respective countries.

World Star Rain setup one person's bet with self composition floats out

Rain's 5 album, Asia Special album will release in the mid of October, it is a return after 2006 "Rain's World", an interval of 2 years.

The staff from Rain's company expressed, "in this new album, the main plug song lyric is written by Rain, he also participated in dance music composition. He even in charge of dance choreography, he is currently doing all preparation for the main plug song."

Rain had been a singer for 7 years and this is the first time to participate in album's music composition. In addition, Rain participated in creation for this album, this time's result attracts a lot of attention.

This album is estimated to have 12 songs, the songs with lyrics written by Rain are also included. About at least 3 songs composed by Rain were recorded.

At the same time, regarding the main plug song's dance choreography style, a staff said, "the songs for this time you can see Rain's charisma and performance on stage upgraded to another level. If the existing dance only emphasized POWERFUL, then this time will make suitable adjustment, but at the same time you can also see Rain's original style on stage."

Rain received some related advice from a famous dance choreographer, AJ for the new album. He went to LA last month during Chuseok, his passion was shown.

Rain's 5 album, Asia Special album will certainly be sold in the Asian countries with English market such as HK, etc. the main plug song that's recorded is also sang by Rain in the local country's language.

Rain's side indicated, "Through this new album, Rain will present various appearance to everybody that has never been seen in his past activities. There is a challenge on traditional ballade genre. In the past is mainly created as powerful on stage, but through this album will present Rain's strong and gentle images."

Rain selected 『romantic sensibility』 ballade song as the 'following song'. Rain used <Instead of saying goodbye> <Cassiopedia> so on...to challenge ballade, but the matter with the 'following song' decided as ballade activity is an exception.

Staff said, "The 'following song' is a ballade song that speaks about man's love, is a romantic song. It has been a very long time that Rain did not meet his local fans, in order to show various appearance to everybody, currently he is working hard."

As Rainâs new album release is near, we need some knowledge of how all these Korean music industries statistics computing systems.
Right now, not only album sales affect the chart, but also music(sound) source statistics are in affect also.

This fall music industries in Korea is extremly compatitive and we need to start with BANG and leap ahead.
And this album, being first album after his indepence, is very very important to him and his fans. It has to succeed!
He needs All of global rain fans total support!

Here are some guidelines to help Rain to stay ahead.
It is very hard to purchase music source (download song) for oversea fans in Korean source site, but we can help in form of streaming method.

< Melon(멜론) http://www.melon.com >
The melon charts are totaled both download and streaming usages.
No matter how you browse for the song (album scrap, album page, melon chart, song search, etc), during chart period, it counts one time per log-in ID. --- I am not sure what it means by chart period. I would suggest daily streaming.
Only full streaming of the song counts in the chart statistics. If you stop in the middle of streaming a song, that WILL NOT counts in data.

Download will count in âTop 100 Download chartâ.

< Dosirak(도시락) http://www.dosirak.com >
The data of log-in membersâ streaming counts and download counts is considered.
One count per a day and you need to log-in.
Playing downloaded song is also counted as streaming because downloaded song needed validation from its server. But it only counts as one time.
Which means no matter how many times you streaming the song or play downloaded song, it only counts as one time in data per a day.

< Muz(뮤즈) http://www.muz.co.kr >
Since it is not require a fee for streaming a song, 1 minute sampling is counted in data collection. You need to stream at least 50 seconds.
They allow 5 times in data collection per a day for an ID(log-in member).

< Bugs(벅스) http://www.bugs.co.kr >
Data collection is based on ID. Multiful IDs will not be included.
It counts one streaming (1 per a day), 1 download per authentic ID.
Multiful download per ID is not allowed in data collection. (1 download per ID)

###These 2 segments of album sales are tallied daily, weekly and monthly.
Album purchase is affected immediately in the chart. Which all media looks closely in this data and get publicized.

Other Album sale will be counted in the data produced by KAPP(Korean Association of Phonogram Producers). This data is ONLY available for monthly sales. Often some of sales are not sometimes counted and some of sales are counted long after sales accured.
It is supposedly, even though belated, most reliable data as ideal collection of actual sales. But because of data collection backed up by all distributors, manufacturers, and music industries sometimes do diligences are not in place. Therefore, all music programs are not relying on this data.

It is very important to purchase the album at the venue where 'Hanter chart', 'Shinnara Media chart' and 'Hot Tracks chart'

VIEWER RESEARCH
Vote from Korean Broadcasting Research panels. The song is nominated based on the Weekly chart from Dosirak, Melon, Muz, Bugs, Mnet.com.

Bottom line is... we, oversea fans, HAVE TO purchase the album from correct markets and try to STREAM his currently promoting song that affecting the chart as many as we can. Also, anyone who has ability to download (WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL DOWNLOAD!!) from above sites, please do so.

I know... it is very tedious and long. And, it will be very confusing and give you a headache just looking at it. BUT!!! Please take your time to read thoroughly and participate in action. It is very very crucial fact in supporting Rain. I believe in you guys, USA biers~

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